Koundé becomes the 8th player to swap Seville for Barcelona

The FC Barcelona and the Seville closed finally the signing of Joules Koundé. The central French abandoned Nervión to put course to the Camp Nou, where Xavi, essential for his arrival, expects him with the best disposal to add him to his new project. With the pass of the Parisian, both clubs will complete his eighth operation Seville-Barcelona in what it goes of century, with almost 200 million euros in profit for the sevillistas.

Seydou Keita And Dani Alves opened the way in the past decade. Both footballers arrived in summer of 2008, in return of 14 and 36 millions respectively. Both were important figures in the team of Pep Guardiola that would achieve the historical sextete in 2009. Keita Would finish abandoning to the group culé in summer of 2012, course to the Chinese league, after 188 parties and 15 titles.

Alves, by his part, was during eight seasons, being indisputable in the right side, adding 22 goals and 104 assistances in the more than 400 parties contested in his two stages like blaugrana. The carioca has finish being the player with more titles in his vitrinas of the history, with 41, 23 of them like Barcelona.

The following in adding to the list was Adriano Correia, in July of 2010. The Barcelona paid 10 million euros to repeat the success attained with Dani Alves. The Brazilian raised 21 titles like Barcelona, between them two Champions and four leagues. Although the defender did not settle in the eleven headline, finish being a very good acting playing in both bands, and even like extreme in some punctual case.

Another 'exitazo'

Better luck ran Ivan Rakitic. Fichado In summer of 2014 by 18 million euros, the Croat heaved like fundamental piece in the Barcelona midfield, especially after the game of Xavi Hernández like player culé. The mediocampista marked in the final of the Champions of 2015 in front of the Juve and returned to the Seville in 2020, after contesting 309 parties of Barcelona, with 34 goals, 42 assistances and 14 titles.

With less shine arrived the last three of this list before the signing of Koundé. In 2015 and 2018 both teams went back to put of agreement for the signings of Aleix Vidal (17 millions) and Clément Lenglet (36). Any of the two showed in the Camp Nou the level deployed in Seville. The last in adding to this list was Luuk of Jong. The Dutch arrived yielded the past campaign after the exit exprés of Griezmann. Still receiving critical in his first meetings, the forward could revertir a bit the situation when achieving seven so many, varied of them for important points in LaLiga.